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June 28, 2011
Training Report : June 22, 2011 PM: Lecture : Independent Living of Persons with Disability and Improvement of Welfare System in Japan
This afternoon, the participants welcomed Secretary General of Japan National Assembly of Disabled Peoples International (DIP) to Seminar Room 18 and enjoyed listening to his talk. He discussed the history and development of social welfare services in Japan from the perspective of a person with a disability.
In his lecture, he illustrated his own childhood-experience as a person with cerebral palsy. He then moved on to discuss the development of social movements for disabled people in Japan and how they led to the launch of the Committee for Disability Policy Reform in December 2009. It was intriguing to listen to the perspective of somebody who has a disability and is heavily involved in Japan's policy reform.
Many thanks to the lecturer for his time and presentation. His passion for disability movements and determination to improve the society in Japan were very insightful.
http://jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2011/training/v0622pm.html
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Training Report : June 22, 2011 AM: Lecture : Welfare Services for Persons with Disabilities in Japansons with Disabilities
It was a real summer day in Tokyo with the temperature above 30 degrees Celsius..!
In Seminar Room 18, the participants first wrapped up on yesterday's discussion. Then, from 10am, they attended the lecture by Special Advisor, Welfare Division for Persons with Disabilities, Dept. of Health and Welfare for Persons with Disabilities, Social Welfare and War-Victim's Relief Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The lecture was entitled ‘Welfare Services for Persons with Disabilities in Japan’ and overviewed the contemporary welfare policies and services for persons with disabilities over the past 60 years. It also covered the recent movement towards a comprehensive welfare system that is intended to strongly reflect voices of those who have disabilities.
The lecture was very informative and interesting. In fact, the participants all asked a number of questions to the lecturer, whose sincere response to each question was very much appreciated.
Thanks must go to the Special Advisor for his time and talk. The participants gained an overall and systematic understanding of the welfare services for persons with disabilities in Japan.
http://jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2011/training/v0622.html
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June 27, 2011
CRPD Outreach and Education; WHO World Report on Disability; GDRL Online Prototype; and More...
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June 23, 2011
Global Disability Rights Library Newsletter - June 2011
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Request for Publishing a XIII International Training Course on Disability & Development 8th to 15th September 2011
Greetings from Actionaid-India !
We are happy to announce XIII International Training Course on Disability & Development which is scheduled from 8th to 15th September 2011 at Bangalore. The eight day intensive exercise is intended for Programme Managers of organisations and projects involved in development and disability work. The course is designed to equip the participants with appropriate attitudes, necessary knowledge and basic skills to initiate, monitor, develop and strengthen disability and development programmes apart from facilitating information exchange among participants. The participants will also be exposed to updated knowledge, information and perspectives for disseminating the same. Faculty comprises a team of distinguished professionals, practitioners, disabled activists and management experts.
The workshop is targeted at middle and senior level professionals from the Government, NGOs, International NGOs and individuals interested in disability work. The number of participants will be restricted to 25. The course will emphasise the use of participatory learning approaches and have a fieldwork component. Lectures, group discussions, case studies and work analysis will form an essential component of the programme. The last date for receiving duly filled applications is 22nd July 2011.
Kindly publish the information and pass on to interested candidates, please find enclosed files for details and do revert back incase of clarifications.
Thanking you,
Warm regards,
Raghavendra B.Pachhapur,
Programme Officer - Disability Unit, No.139, Richmond Road, Bangalore - 560 025 | Tel: + 91 080 43650650 | Fax: +91 080 25586284|Website :www.actionaid.org
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June 18, 2011
New Educational Center for Persons with Disabilities-Tajikistan
Hello dear friends.
With support ААR - Japan in our organization is constructed new educational center for persons with disability . In this center of the woman and the girl with physical disability can be train sewing business and cookery.
Our organization thanks to the Japanese people for support.
Sincerely
Asadullo Zikrikhudoev
Chairman
PO Society of persons with disabilities of Dushanbe "IMKONIYAT"
E-mail: info@imkoniyat, URL: www.imkoniyat.tj
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June 16, 2011
Training Report : June 14, 2011 : Arrival
A participant from Fiji arrived first in Japan yesterday.
And today six participants from Timor Leste, Fiji, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mongolia, and Myanmar arrived in Japan before sunset.
The last group of three participants from Jordan and Ghana arrived at Tokyo International Center(JICA Tokyo) at 22:20 on July 14, 2011.
http://www.jicafriends.jp/jicainfo/tic/index.html
JICE coordinator and JSRPD staff waited at the entrance to welcome them. They looked very tired not only because of a long journey but jet lag, however they said that they were very much looking forward to the coming seven weeks.
After check-in they were led to their rooms and explained how to use them by the receptionists of JICA Tokyo.
Hope all the participants will get over jet lag as quickly as possible.
http://jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2011/training/v0614.html
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June 14, 2011
Este puesto no es suyo ni por un minuto - NOT YOUR SPOT NOT EVEN FOR A MINUTE
Cordial Saludo:
Una inteligente y divertida campaña para promover los derechos de las personas con discapacidad y el respeto POR LOS ESTACIONAMIENTOS ESPECIALES.
Difundan, por favor.
Puse la traducción a español e inglés en Dotsub
http://dotsub.com/view/bbf255c0-216e-4839-95a6-8e58e8f3334d
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Dear All
Creative campaign to promote RESPECT for the special parking spaces for persons with disabilities.
Translation to english in Dotsub
Spread the info, please.
http://dotsub.com/view/bbf255c0-216e-4839-95a6-8e58e8f3334d
VIDEO ORIGINAL EN / ORIGINAL VIDEO YouTube
“Esta vaga não é sua nem por um minuto”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C50FAN9bYqU
--
Fabio Padilla
CHARLAS, CURSOS, PROYECTOS
www.fabiopadilla.com
"the harder you work, the luckier you get"
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Involve disabled people in DRR: Dr Luveni-Fiji
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
June 10, 2011 03:31:35 PM
By Repeka Nasiko
Fijilive.com
An important part of disaster planning and management is understanding disability and how people with disability can be included in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) says Minister for Social Welfare Dr. Jiko Luveni.
While opening the Disability Inclusiveness Disaster and Risk Management Workshop in Nasese, Dr. Luveni said DRR concerned the whole community and therefore it was important that vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities to be included in the management plans.
“Persons with disability have special needs but also have special abilities. Disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction considers how needs of persons with disability can be addressed and also how they can contribute to disaster risk reduction and disaster management.
“Specific developments in the policy arena, further confirms the commitment by the State through the establishment of the FNCDP Act of (1994) and the Signing of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in (2010),” said Dr Luveni .
http://www.fijilive.com/news/2011/06/10/33824.Fijilive
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June 13, 2011
JICA Training Course: Mainstreaming of Persons with Disabilities for African Countries -Independent Living Program-(For Group A: Government Officer)
Dear jicafriends living in African countries,
Mainstreaming Course consists of two groups, A is programmed for the government officers and B is for leaders of disabled people's organizations.
Deadline of Group A is also 23 June, 2011.
Please share the following information with your friends.
The secretariat of jicafriends
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1. Title: Mainstreaming of Persons with Disabilities for African Countries -Independent Living Program- (J1100872)
2. Period of program
Duration of whole program: July 2011 to December 2011
Preliminary Phase: July 2011 to August 2011 (in a participant’s home country)
Core Phase in Japan: August 28 to September 10, 2011
Finalization Phase: September to December 31, 2011 (in a participant’s home country)
3. Target Regions or Countries:
Kenya, Malawi, and South Africa,
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4. Overall Goal:
The participants will acquire skills to develop scheme of IL which lead to empowering persons
with disabilities and promoting UN "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" and
the 2nd "African Decade of Disabled Persons” in African countries.
5. Objective:
At the end of the program, the participants are expected to achieve the followings;
(1) To understand importance of including persons with disabilities into the processes of
policy-making and implementation to promote the UNCRPD
(2) To examine meanings of IL movement as a way to advocate the rights of persons with
disabilities
(3) To understand the importance of accessibility of built environment and
communication in developing IL
(4) To promote IL concept as a basis of disability policy
(5) To draw out a countrywide action plan to reinforce IL of persons with disabilities
6．Eligible / Target Organization：
Relevant ministries which are in charge of policies/administration regarding persons with
disabilities
7．Total Number of Participants： 6
8．Language to be used in this project： English
9. Contents:
The program of this year is designed with focusing on “Realization of Rights of Persons with
Disabilities” as a principle theme.
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JICA Training Course: Mainstreaming of Persons with Disabilities for African Countries–Independent Living Program- (For Group B: Leaders of Disabled People’s Organizations)
Dear jicafriends living in African countries,
We would like to inform you about the following JICA training course.
Application deadline is 23 June, 2011. Only 10 days left!
If you live in one of target countries and know someone appropriate, please encourage him/her to apply.
The secretariat of jicafriends
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1．Title: Mainstreaming of Persons with Disabilities for African Countries –Independent Living Program- (For Group B: Leaders of Disabled People’s Organizations) (J1100872)
2. Period of program
Duration of whole program: July 2011 to December 2011
Preliminary Phase: July 2011 to August 2011 (in a participant’s home country)
Core Phase in Japan: August 21 to September 10, 2011
Third Country Phase in Thailand: September 11 to 17, 2011
Finalization Phase: September to December 31, 2011 (in a participant’s home country)
3. Target Regions or Countries:
Kenya, Malawi, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia,
,
4. Overall Goal:
The participants will acquire management skills to take initiatives for their movements of independent living which lead to empowering DPO(Disability Persons' Organization)s and promoting "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" and "African Decade of Disabled Persons” in African countries.
5. Objective:
At the end of the program, the participants are expected to achieve the following;
(1) To examine meanings of IL movement as a way to advocate the rights of persons with
disabilities
(2) To study measures to implement peer-counseling, IL program, provision of personal assistance
and other services, and IL center management
(3) To understand the importance of accessibility of built environment and communication in
developing IL
(4) To promote i IL concept which implies how disability policies should be made
(5) To draw out a countrywide action plan to reinforce IL of persons with disabilities, and
(6) To consider effective models of IL movement and IL center in developing country in Africa
6．Eligible / Target Organization：
National Disabled People's Organizations (DPOs) actively involved in the mainstreaming and empowerment of persons with disabilities in the member countries of Southern Africa Federation
of the Disabled (SAFOD) and Pan African Federation of the Disabled (PAFOD).
The course for the Group B is NOT for government organizations (such as Ministry of Social
Welfare, Ministry of Health, etc.), only for DPOs.
7．Total Number of Participants： 11
8．Language to be used in this project： English
9. Contents:
The program of this year is designed with focusing on “Realization of Rights of Persons with
Disabilities” as a principle theme.
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World Report on Disability by WHO and the World Bank
We are very happy to announce you that the first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank.
The report provides the best available evidence about what works to overcome barriers to health care, rehabilitation, education, employment, and support services, and to create the environments which will enable people with disabilities to flourish. The report ends with a concrete set of recommended actions for governments and their partners.
WHO URL:http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/en/index.html
Full report: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789240685215_eng.pdf
Technical content: http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/report/en/index.html
The secretariat of jicafriends
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June 07, 2011
We have UN CONVENTION WITH US NOW‐Pakistan
Dear leaders of Disability movement
Pakistani disabled persons achieved Ratification of UN CONVENTION the GOvernment of Pakistan. My organization MIlestone Strugle a lot with all collegue organization. Credit goes to all disabled persons of the world that we achieve an other country for the right based society but our realy strugle start from today regarding implementations.
Shafiq Ur Rehman
Make the Right Real
ISLAMABAD, June 6 (APP):
President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday signed the Instrument of Ratification on UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Aiwan-e-Sadr at a special ceremony attended by persons with special needs, members of civil society, NGOs and INGOs. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2006. So far, 148 states have signed and 100 have ratified this important convention. The Government of Pakistan signed the convention on September 25, 2008.
Addressing the gathering, the President termed the day as historic and said that it was a great pleasure and privilege that the signing and the ratification was happening during the present democratic government.
The President said the Constitution of Pakistan guarantees equal rights to all citizens.
“The teachings of Islam also lay great emphasis on protecting the weak including orphans, widows, elderly, poor and, above all, the persons with disabilities,” he continued.
“In line with our values and the Constitution we will fulfil our responsibility towards the special people,” he vowed.
The President said, “it was our duty to look after and take care of the people with special needs. We all have to work together to fill in the gap created by the nature in some people.”
He called upon members of civil society, NGOs and affluent people to assist the government in ensuring that the people with special needs are being properly looked after.
President Zardari said caring for the special people was very close to his heart and he was personally committed to the cause of disabled people.
In August, 2009, he recalled, special CNIC scheme for the special persons was launched by him in the Presidency.
He said the aim was to identify special people throughout the country and provide them facilities to live in peace and dignity.
These facilities include importing duty free cars, 50% concession in airlines and railways and free medical treatment in public sector hospitals. So far NADRA has issued 96,000 Special CNICs, he added.
The President said it was also a matter of great pleasure to learn that the Directorate General of Special Education has also taken various initiatives for the welfare of special people.
Establishment of Special Education Departments at Allama Iqbal Open University, University of the Punjab and Karachi University, bill on provision in building codes to give accessibility to special people, construction of Special Education buildings in main cities, declaring the Federal Capital and provincial headquarters as disabled friendly cities, permission to special persons to appear in CSS exams and establishment of 127 Special Education Centres in main cities were among those initiatives, he noted.
The President said, “these are all important steps but are not enough and the government wants to do more. We will do more.”
The President called upon the federal and provincial governments to carefully review the UN Convention and take all necessary steps for the protection and due care of every special person.
Wishing all the people concerned involved in taking care of people with special needs, the President hoped that they would continue to serve the cause with even greater zeal in the days to come.
The gathering, at the end of the ceremony, also offered Fateha for the President’s father late Hakim Ali Zardari.
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Disability association renews call to ratify convention-Antigua & Barbuda
We found the following news about Mr.Bernard Warner a former participant of Leadership Development Course 2010, and President of the Antigua & Barbuda Association for Persons with Disabilities. http://www.jicafriends.jp/projects/latinamerica/antigua/l2010warner/index.htmlIt was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
By Tameika Malone - Wednesday, May 25th, 2011.
President of the Antigua & Barbuda Association for Persons with Disabilities Bernard Warner has renewed the call for the country to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which it signed on to five years ago.
Referencing steps taken by neighbouring Jamaica towards ratification, Warner said a number of important issues regarding health care and employment for persons with disabilities would first need to be addressed.
“Jamaica did a tremendous job back in 2007 where they have developed a national policy for persons with disabilities which assist in many areas of concern. There is a national council for persons living with disabilities in Jamaica which handles many of the issues related to rehabilitation and it is very important that Antigua & Barbuda take it very seriously about our youths whether it is sports or education,” Warner said.
“I had first-hand experience of the benefit of having a national policy in place and this is just a tip of the iceberg that will make life much easier for persons with disabilities in Antigua & Barbuda.”
He also wants to see Antigua & Barbuda develop policies to help in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities and provide funding to the national rehabilitation programme that would assist in the training and educating of disabled persons.
Admitting that government has made monetary contribution to the association, Warner said, “We are still waiting and asking for government and society to come on board and help to ratify this and make it possible for future generations will be able to work freely without discrimination.
“If you so care then you would consider supporting us and the first step of supporting us is to come on board and support the ratification of this convention which is important for the long-term survival of persons with disabilities … people will be conscious of human rights and access and employment that will reduce poverty in persons living with disabilities.”
Meanwhile, Warner is appealing for people who may have old wheelchairs to donate them to the association and therefore relieve the shortage of wheelchairs for disabled persons.
The chairs will be refurbished and handed over to persons who are in dire need of them, he added.
Persons are asked to contact Amarilla Henry at 720-7264 or Warner at 720-7263 for further
http://www.antiguaobserver.com/?p=59062
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June 01, 2011
Celebrating a milestone-Fiji
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
By Samisoni Nabilivalu
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Fiji Times
THE Fiji Association of the Deaf has herald in a new era with a celebration.
The celebration at last week's Deaf Awareness Week at the Fiji National Council for Disabled Persons' Suva headquarters, though subdued at times was an occasion worth making noise for as the deaf community marked the inclusion of sign language interpreters on news broadcasts by Mai TV.
Association project officer Makarita Vuli, who has a hearing impairment, said that while it was expected to be a slow process, members of the association were happy they were being given better access to information.
The association along with the Fiji Sign Language Interpreters Committee has been pushing, since 2004, for the inclusion of interpreters or captions during news broadcasts.
In 2006, a chance meeting between association president Serevi Rokotuibau and acting Information Ministry deputy permanent secretary Setaita Naita resulted in the cause gaining an ally within government's higher echelons.
According to Fiji Sign Language Interpreters Committee general secretary Mere Mafi Kacisolomoni, the support of the Government eventually brought about an invitation from the Information Ministry for the inclusion of interpreters during their news programmes on Mai TV.
"The reaction from the deaf community has been one of gratefulness as they can now also enjoy the news.
"As interpreters, this is also quite an achievement for us and we are hoping that in time interpreting sign language will be recognised as an occupation," added Mrs Kacisolomoni.
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=171212
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